Andrew Hamilton (New Jersey)

Andrew Hamilton (died 20 April 1703) was the Governor of East Jersey from 1686 to 1688 (succeeding Robert Barclay and preceding Lord Neill Campbell) and Governor of New Jersey from 1692 to 1697 (succeeding Edmund Andros and preceding Jeremiah Basse) and from 1699 to 1703 (succeeding Basse and preceding Viscount Cornbury).

Biography
Andrew Hamilton was born in Scotland, and he worked as a merchant in Edinburgh before recruiting settlers to emigrate to East Jersey. In March 1687, he became deputy-governor of East Jersey, serving under Governor Robert Barclay. From 1686 to 1688, he was acting Governor of East Jersey, and he served as Governor of East and West Jersey from 1692 to 1697 and from 1699 to 1703, when the two colonies were merged into New Jersey. He died in 1703 during a visit to New Jersey.